SUMMER’S REIGN – JUNE 26, 2020
PROGRAM

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“Summer” (from The Seasons) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

 

In darkness shrouded
The wakeful herdsman
Behold the Sun!
The village lads and lasses
Exhausted Nature, fainting, sinks
How welcome now, ye shady groves!
How refreshing to the senses
Behold, arising through the sultry air
The storm approaches near!

Text

Performed by Gabrieli, National Forum of Music Choir & Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Conducted by Paul McCreesh

 

Sun (setting of words for “sun” in 36 languages) 

R. Murray Schafer (b.1933)

 

Performed by Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by Elmer Iseler

 

Waldemar Åhlén (1894-1982)

Sommarpsalm

Translation

Performed by St. Jacobs Chamber Choir, conducted by Gary Graden

 

Eric Whitacre (b.1970)

Cloudburst

Background and Translation

Performed by BYU Singers, conducted by Ronald Staheli